We’re safely on a new server. Let the party begin!

(Melissa’s already cracked open another bottle…hehehe )

We’ve been together for a while now and to begin with things were great. But then cracks started to show and this past week I think we got beyond the point of no return. There were times when we stopped communicating altogether.

It’s over. I think me and my webhost need to part ways. I’ve already got my eye on another one, and I think we’d get along great. It’s more reliable, it’s faster, and it’s even carbon neutral.

I’m going to start the switch today….so keep your eyes on Peachy Hollow for much faster loading speeds in a couple of days about a week (and also more regular posting as I should be able to get online to do it!!)
*edit* we’re on our way to a new server, woot! And now that that’s all sorted I can get back to going through all the Scotland pics

For some reason, comments are taking AGES to post and in some cases the server is timing out so commenters get a “problem loading page” error message instead of seeing their comment posted. Annoying. But even though it looks like nothing happens, the comments do get here onto the relevant page.

I’ve contacted my web people about this who *insist* that everything is fine, but clearly it’s not. It might be something to do with the database- maybe it refreshes *all* the comments after a new one is posted, and given that there are now over 1000 comments here at PH, it might be a strain on the server. I’ll have a good google search and see if there’s anything I can do.

In the meantime, sorry
**edit** it might be to do with blog pings which is my blog notifying other servers to tell them a new post has been made…if one of them is having a bad day then it can mess things up here. More info. I’ll try to get this sorted out tonight.

Oddness. Utter. Strange. Oddness. Moments ago, the base of the previous entry noted that there were three whole comments, but I COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME get them to show up on the page, even though my "site dashboard" said that they were published. Instead, there appeared a second version of my sidebar displayed at the bottom of the page, and badly at that. GAH! But then the comments suddenly reappeared when I posted a reply. Hello??

What with the initial comment posting problems a while back, then the all-of-a-sudden loss of access to my design templates a few days ago, and now this, it may just well be the proverbial straw that has broken the proverbial camel's proverbial back. I feel a BLOGGING PLATFORM DEFECTION may be in order *harumph*.

So I'm now very seriously considering breaking up with the bug-ridden Movable Type and moving onto Wordpress. I get the impression it's far less needy and high maintenance to get along with. And I need to act soon to preserve what precious hair remains on my head.